Solving Time: Offline, about 25 minutes Quite an easy one by Dean’s standards, but enjoyable as always. Lots of natural surface readings. I’m not sure that 9d really works – surely an oath is a … Read more “Sunday Times 4596 (29 Jun 2014) by Dean Mayer”
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Sunday Times 4592 (15 Jun 2014) by Tim Moorey
Solving Time: 1:11:27 Apologies for the delay on this one. I did the crossword last weekend, but haven’t written the blog yet. I’ll rattle one off now – won’t be long. Not much to say … Read more “Sunday Times 4592 (15 Jun 2014) by Tim Moorey”
Times Jumbo 1095 (7 Jun 2014)
Solving time: About two and a quarter hours all told – I’m clearly out of practice at these big ones This should have been published yesterday, but I forgot about it. Clearly, my reliability hasn’t … Read more “Times Jumbo 1095 (7 Jun 2014)”
Sunday Times 4592 (1 Jun 2014) by Jeff Pearce
Solving Time: 37:47 I had this blog all written and ready to go several days ago and then completely forgot to post is yesterday, so apologies for that. I need a chance to get back … Read more “Sunday Times 4592 (1 Jun 2014) by Jeff Pearce”
Times 25806
Solving time: 30:32 I see no blog up for today’s cryptic by mid-afternoon so I thought I’d throw one together. I’m supposed to have retired from Fridays now, but we’ll allow this one for old … Read more “Times 25806”
Times 25770
Solving time: 53:20 I solved most of this quite quickly, but came unstuck in the NE, and that took me an age to untangle. Some good clues here – 19d was a good spot by … Read more “Times 25770”
Sunday Times 4585 (13 Apr 2014) by Tim Moorey
Solving Time: None recorded, but I reckon around 45 minutes I solved this one on holiday (although I’m back now), so I didn’t record an official time. I remember I rattled through the bottom two-thirds … Read more “Sunday Times 4585 (13 Apr 2014) by Tim Moorey”
Times Jumbo 1085 (5 Apr 2014)
Solving time: None recorded I solved this one while on holiday, so I didn’t do it against the clock. It seemed quite straight-forward at the time with some good clues. There was what can only … Read more “Times Jumbo 1085 (5 Apr 2014)”
Sunday Times 4584 (6 Apr 2014) by Dean Mayer
Solving Time: None recorded I’m on holiday this week, and I struggled through this one over several sessions, before resorting to aids (my Dad) for 3d. There were a lot of comments on the forum … Read more “Sunday Times 4584 (6 Apr 2014) by Dean Mayer”
Times 25758
Solving time: 43:18 A couple of unknowns for me in SUPERCARGO & SURCEASE, but both were gettable from the wordplay. I’m still blogging from holiday, so I’ll keep the preamble brief and move on to … Read more “Times 25758”